Senate Bill S8125

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the regional cost index for purposes of the calculation of total foundation aid

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Education Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3602, Ed L

2025-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the regional cost index for purposes of the calculation of total foundation aid; updates the regional cost index to better reflect the differences in cost of living across the state.

2025-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8125 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8125
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  LIU  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in  relation  to  the  regional  cost
   index for purposes of the calculation of total foundation aid
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph a of subdivision 4  of  section
 3602 of the education law, as amended by section 10-a of part A of chap-
 ter 56 of the laws of 2025, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The regional cost index shall reflect an analysis of labor market
 costs based on median salaries in professional occupations that  require
 similar  credentials  to  those of positions in the education field, but
 not including those occupations in the education  field,  provided  that
 the regional cost indices for the two thousand seven--two thousand eight
 school year and thereafter shall be as follows:
           Labor Force Region  Index
           Capital District    1.124
           Southern Tier       1.045
           Western New York    1.091
           Hudson Valley       1.314
           Long Island/NYC     [1.425] 1.496
           Finger Lakes        1.141
           Central New York    1.103
           Mohawk Valley       1.000
           North Country       1.000
   Provided that in the two thousand twenty-five--two thousand twenty-six
 school  year  and  thereafter,  the  regional cost index for Westchester
 county shall be 1.351 AND THE REGIONAL COST INDEX  FOR  LONG  ISLAND/NYC
 SHALL BE 1.496.
   §  2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2025; provided, however, that
 if section 10-a of part A of chapter 56 of the laws of  2025  shall  not
 have  taken  effect  on or before such date then section one of this act
 shall take effect on the same date and in the same manner as  such  part
 of such chapter of the laws of 2025, takes effect.

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